Thursday, June 15, 2006

Juventus stars will quit Italy for Premiership


Italian agent Silvano Martina says Juventus' stars are headed for England should the club be thrown out of Serie A.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Emerson, David Trezeguet, Patrick Vieira, Gianluca Zambrotta and Gigi Buffon have all been linked with moves away from Juve should they be demoted over Italy's Calciopoli scandal this summer.
Asked about the future of striker Trezeguet, Martina said: "Roma, as an example, will not ever be able to sign Trezeguet. The Giallorossa club is now emerging from a difficult situation, is reorganising everything and it will not ever be able to make that type of signing.
"The Italian teams do not want fall into the errors of the past. They've had the highest contracts and transfer fees.
"Buying Trezeguet would generate serious problems inside the dressing room. The clubs are now building serious programs. Only three or four clubs in the world can allow such figures (to buy Trezeguet).
"You can be sure that the players of Juventus who will leave Turin will end up flying to England."